Synopse mORMot Framework

Design FMEA File 1.17

Date: September 9, 2012

PROJECT DOCUMENTATION

Project Name: Synopse mORMot Framework

Document Name: Design FMEA File

Document Revision: 1.17

Date: September 9, 2012

Project Manager: Arnaud Bouchez

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Document Purpose
The Design FMEA File document purpose is to list Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for the
Synopse mORMot Framework project.
The current revision of this document is 1.17.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Risk Assessment 5

1.2. Responsibilities 6

2. FMEA
2.1. Fault Tree 7

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Pictures Reference Table

The following table is a quick-reference guide to all the Pictures referenced in this Design FMEA File
(FMEA) document.

Pictures Page

mORMot Framework Fault Tree 7

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1. Introduction
The Design FMEA File (FMEA) document is a reference document used to list the Failure Modes and
Effects Analysis (FMEA) identified for the Synopse mORMot Framework library.
The "Failure modes and effects analysis" (FMEA) is a procedure in operations management for analysis
of potential failure modes within a system for classification by severity or determination of the effect
of failures on the system. Failure modes are any errors or defects in a process, design, or item,
especially those that affect the customer, and can be potential or actual. Effects analysis refers to
studying the consequences of those failures.
In practice, a Risk Assessment team starts with a block diagram of a system. The team then considers
what happens if each block of the diagram fails, and fills in a table in which failures are paired with
their effects and an evaluation of the effects. The design of the system is then corrected, and the table
adjusted until the system is known not to have unacceptable problems.
This Design FMEA File (FMEA) document lists most FMEA items identified as possible Software Failure
for the Synopse mORMot Framework.

1.1. Risk Assessment

In the following Design FMEA File (FMEA) document, a numerical Risk Assessment is given for every
FMEA item, according to the Risk Assessment Scale table below.
A summary explanation is indicated, together with the names of those who made each evaluation.

Risk Assessment Scale

Severity: identify the severity of incorrect implementation

3 - High Potentially affects a result or safety

2 - Med Potentially effects one or multiple features for intended operation

1 - Low Cosmetic or no effect to intended operation

Probability: identify the probability of incorrect or incomplete implementation

3 - High No documentation and not familiar with the code area

2 - Med Documentation but not familiar/familiar but no documentation

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1 - Low Documentation and familiar with the code

Occurrence: identify the reproducibility of the defect before correction

3 - High Reproducible: failure inevitable or repeated (>25% failure rate)

2 - Med Intermittent or recurring: occasional failures (5-25% failure rate)

1 - Low One time: relatively few or remote likelihood of failure (<5% failure rate)

1.2. Responsibilities
- Synopse will try to correct any identified issue;
- The Open Source community will create tickets in a public Tracker web site located at
http://synopse.info/fossil.. ;
- Synopse work on the framework is distributed without any warranty, according to the chosen
license terms;
- This documentation is released under the GPL (GNU General Public License) terms, without any
warranty of any kind.

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2. FMEA
2.1. Fault Tree
Here is the Fault Tree of the framework, displayed in a graphical way:

mORMot Framework

Framework Architecture User Interface

Invalid Concurent Access Main Server Crashed Security issue Inconsistent Layout Function not working

Wrong Client-Server synchro Database corruption Incorrect User action Timeout problems

Enduser problems

mORMot Framework Fault Tree

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